Louis bredeen and arthur morrison



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L. BREDBEN & A. MORRISON. RBFRIGERATOR.

No. 432,722. Patented July 22, 1.890.

Iowa@ Erefzccn Nirnn STATES LOUIS BREDEEN AND ARTHUR MORRISON, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, INDIAN TERRITORY.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 432,722, dated July 22, 1890, 4

Application filed October 31,1889. Serial No. 328,740. (No model.)

vARTHUR MORRISON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Oklahoma City, in the country of Oklahoma, Indian Territory, have invented a new and useful Refrigerator, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention has relation to crates of that class adapted for the shipment of butter, though, as will be hereinafter apparent, certain novel features of the invention may be employed in crates adapted for the shipment of fruit and other perishable articles.

Among the objects in view are to provide fora refrigeration duringtransit and to adapt the crate for the reception of packages of butter or other articles to be carried and for a thorough circulation of cold air in and around the same.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referringto the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a crate constructed in accordance with our invention, the same being open and exposingr the interior. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of oneof the pail-receivingframes, said frame being shownin an inverted position. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the ice-chambers.

Like numerals indicate like parts in all the i figures of the drawings.

The crate or casing proper is of any desired shape and dimensions, and in this instance is rectangular, consisting; of the end walls 1 and the two connecting side walls 2, the side and end walls being provided with the usual bottom 3.

4 represents a pair of rectangular open frames of a size to lit snugly between the op` posite side walls 2 and iiush with their upper edges, said frames dividing the crate into three compartments, representing two end compartments 5 and a central compartment 6. -The central compartment has its opposite side walls provided with corresponding pairs of longitudinal strips 7, each pair being oppositely notched, as at 8, and mounted in each pair are frames 9, there being three frames in this instance, and each formed by a series of transverse strips 10 and longitudinal strips 11, mortised together at their points of juncture, the transverse strips being chamfered at their ends and adapted to removably rest in the notches or recesses 8 of the longitudinal strips 7. By the employment of the strips 10 and 11 a series of rectangular spaces l2 are formed in each frame i), and in the spaces are adapted to snugly fit a series of rectangular pails 13 and a series of cylindrical pails 14, or the entire series maybe either cylindrical or rectangular, as desired. The pails may be of any construction desired, and are preferably pro vided with the usual swinging lifting-hails and removable covers 15 and 16, respectively.

In the compartments 5, occurring at the 1 ends of the crate or casing, are located removable closely-fitting metallic ice-chambers 17, l[he upper ends of which at their outeredges are flanged, as at 18, and provided with a top 19 slightlybelow the plane of, the flanges, which top is provided with an elliptical opening 20, surrounded by a flange 2l, extending at each side of the top and forming a' means for the introduction of crushed ice or other refrigerative agent.

. 21 represents a cover adapted to removably fit within the fiange 1S, the edges of the cover being turned down to form flanges 22 for this purpose. From the under surface of the cover there depends an elliptical flange 23, adapted to snugly t within the elliptical opening of the top, and by this means it will be apparent that a practically air-tight cover without packing is produced.

24 represents a cover hinged to one of the side walls 2 of the casing and adapted to snugly fit within the compartment 6 and provided with edges 25, extending over the upper edges of the frames 4 and the side Walls 2.

26 represents oppositehinged covers adapted to iit snugly within the compartments 5, the edgesof the cover being provided with outwardlyextending flanges4 occupying the remainin g portions or upper edges of the frames 4, side walls 2, and en'd walls 1. By this it will be apparent that the contents of the crate may be inspected and portions sold without disturbing the refrigerating compartments, and that the ice-tanks may be refilled without IOO raising the temperature to any material extent of the central compartments.

28 represents L- shaped Wires pivotally mounted in the upper edges of the open frames 4, the ends of the Wires being adapted to be swung over upon the covers 21 of the ice tanks or chambers, so as tobind the saine snugly upon said'chambers.

Having described our invention, What We claim s- In a shipping-crate, the combination, With inner sides of the easing, of the independent side and central top covers, the removable ice-tanks located and fitting the end compartments, the series of removable racks having openings, and vessels mounted in said openings, substantially as specified.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto affixed our signatures in p1 esence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS BREDEEN.

y ARTHUR MORRISON. Witnesses:

JOHN P. JONES,

D. F. MACMURTRIE, 

